Friday, April 1, 2022

USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1960-1969

USA’s #1 Pop Songs:

1960-1969

These are the #1 pop songs in the history of the United States pop charts from 1960 to 1969. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts:

Numbers following the letter codes indicate how many weeks the song spent at #1 on that chart. Links go to specific lists of the biggest songs of all time for that chart. Also, when “BB” appears in blue it indicates a link to the Stereogum.com series on Billboard #1 songs.

Click here to access a full list of #1 songs from 1890 to present. See other chart-based lists here.

1960:

  1. Jan. 4: Marty Robbins “El Paso” (BB: 2, HR: 2)
  2. Jan. 18: Johnny Preston “Running Bear” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  3. Feb. 8: Mark Dinning “Teen Angel” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  4. Feb. 22: Percy Faith “Theme from ‘A Summer Place’” (BB: 9, CB: 8, HR: 5)
  5. Feb. 22: Jim Reeves “He’ll Have to Go” (HR: 3)

  6. Apr. 18: The Brothers Four “Greenfields” (HR: 1)
  7. Apr. 23 Elvis Presley “Stuck on You” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  8. May 16: The Everly Brothers “Cathy’s Clown” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 4)

  9. June 13: Connie Francis “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  10. July 4: Hollywood Argyles “Alley Oop” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  11. July 11: Brenda Lee “I’m Sorry” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  12. July 16: Dante & the Evergreens “Alley Oop” (CB: 1)

  13. Aug. 1: Brian Hyland “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  14. Aug. 13: Elvis Presley “It’s Now or Never” (BB: 5, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  15. Sept. 5: Chubby Checker “The Twist” (BB: 3, CB: 8, HR: 5)
  16. Sept. 19: Connie Francis “My Heart Has a Mind” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 4)

  17. Oct. 10: Larry Verne “Mr. Custer” (BB: 1)
  18. Oct. 15 The Drifters “Save the Last Dance for Me” (BB: 3, CB: 6, HR: 5)
  19. Oct. 24: Brenda Lee “I Want to Be Wanted” (BB: 1)

  20. Nov. 14: Ray Charles “Georgia on My Mind” (BB: 1)
  21. Nov. 21: Floyd Cramer “Last Date” (HR: 1)
  22. Nov. 21 Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs “Stay” (BB: 1)
  23. Nov. 26: Elvis Presley “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” (BB: 6, CB: 6, HR: 4)

  24. Dec. 26: Bert Kaempfert “Wonderland by Night” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 3)
1961:

  1. Jan. 14: Ferrante & Teicher “Theme from ‘Exodus’” (CB: 2, HR: 1)
  2. Jan. 23: Lawrence Welk “Calcutta” (BB: 2, CB: 4, HR: 6)
  3. Jan. 28: The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (BB: 2, CB: 2)

  4. Feb. 27: Chubby Checker “Pony Time” (BB: 3, CB: 1)

  5. Mar. 6: Elvis Presley “Surrender” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  6. Mar. 27: The Marcels “Blue Moon” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  7. Apr. 17: Del Shannon “Runaway” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 4)

  8. May 6: Ernie K-Doe “Mother-in-Law” (BB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 1)
  9. May 22: Gene McDaniels “Hundred Pounds of Clay” (HR: 1)
  10. May 29: Ricky Nelson “Travelin’ Man” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 4)

  11. June 3: Roy Orbison “Running Scared” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  12. June 19: Pat Boone “Moody River” (BB: 1)
  13. June 26: Gary “U.S.” Bonds “Quarter to Three” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 4)

  14. July 10: Bobby Lewis “Tossin’ and Turnin’” (BB: 7, CB: 4, HR: 4)

  15. Aug. 19: The Highwaymen “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” (BB: 2, CB: 4, HR: 4)
  16. Aug. 28: Joe Dowell “Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn)” (BB: 1)

  17. Sept. 16: Bobby Vee “Take Good Care of My Baby” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  18. Oct. 2: Roy Orbison “Crying” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  19. Oct. 9: Ray Charles “Hit the Road Jack” (BB: 2, CB: 1)
  20. Oct. 9: Dion “Runaround Sue” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  21. Oct. 30: Jimmy Dean “Big Bad John” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 6)

  22. Dec. 9: The Tokens “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 4)
  23. Dec. 11: The Marvelettes “Please Mr. Postman” (BB: 1)
1962:

  1. Jan. 27: Joe Dee & the Starliters “Peppermint Twist” (BB: 3)
  2. Jan. 29: Gene Chandler “Duke of Earl” (BB: 3, CB: 5, HR: 5)

  3. Mar. 5: Bruce Channel “Hey! Baby” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 3)
  4. Mar. 26: Elvis Presley “Good Luck Charm” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 3)
  5. Mar. 31: Connie Francis “Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You” (BB: 1)

  6. Apr. 7: Chubby Checker with Dee Dee Sharp “Slow Twistin’” (CB: 1)
  7. Apr. 7: Shelley Fabares “Johnny Angel” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  8. Apr. 23: Dee Dee Sharp “Mashed Potato Time” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  9. Apr. 30: The Shirelles “Soldier Boy” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2)

  10. May 19: Mr. Acker Bilk with the Leon Young String Chorale “Stranger on the Shore” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  11. May 26: Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 5)

  12. June 30: David Rose “The Stripper” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1)

  13. July 14: Bobby Vinton “Roses Are Red My Love” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 5)

  14. Aug. 11: Neil Sedaka “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  15. Aug. 18: Little Eva “The Loco-Motion” (BB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  16. Sept. 1: Tommy Roe “Sheila” (BB: 2)
  17. Sept. 8: Nat “King” Cole “Ramblin’ Rose” (HR: 1)
  18. Sept. 8: The Four Seasons “Sherry” (BB: 5, CB: 7, HR: 5)

  19. Oct. 20: Bobby “Boris” Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers “Monster Mash” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  20. Nov. 3: The Crystals “He’s a Rebel” (BB: 2, HR: 1)
  21. Nov. 10: The Four Seasons “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (BB: 5, CB: 4, HR: 6)

  22. Dec. 15: Elvis Presley “Return to Sender” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  23. Dec. 22: Chubby Checker “Limbo Rock” (CB: 1)
  24. Dec. 22: The Tornadoes “Telsar” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2)
1963:

  1. Jan. 12: Steve Lawrence “Go Away Little Girl” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  2. Jan. 26: The Rooftop Singers “Walk Right In” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  3. Feb. 9: Paul & Paula “Hey Paula” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 4)

  4. March 9: The Four Seasons “Walk Like a Man” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  5. March 23: Skeeter Davis “The End of the World” (HR: 1)
  6. March 23: Ruby & the Romantics “Our Day Will Come” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  7. March 30: The Chiffons “He’s So Fine” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  8. Apr. 27: Little Peggy March “I Will Follow Him” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 3)
  9. Apr. 27: Andy Williams “Can't Get Used to Losing You” (CB: 1)

  10. May 18: Jimmy Soul “If You Wanna Be Happy” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  11. June 1: Lesley Gore “It’s My Party” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  12. June 15: Kyu Sakomoto “Sukiyaki” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 2)

  13. July 6: The Essex “Easier Said Than Done” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  14. July 6: Bobby Vinton “Blue on Blue” (HR: 1)
  15. July 20: Jan & Dean “Surf City” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  16. Aug. 3: The Tymes “So Much in Love” (BB: 1, HR: 1)
  17. Aug. 3: Little Stevie Wonder “Fingertips (Part 2)” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 3)
  18. Aug. 31: The Angels “My Boyfriend’s Back” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  19. Aug. 31: Allan Sherman “Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  20. Sept. 21: Bobby Vinton “Blue Velvet” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  21. Oct. 5: The Jaynetts “Sally Go 'Round the Roses” (HR: 1)
  22. Oct. 12: Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs “Sugar Shack” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 5)
  23. Oct. 12: The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (CB: 1)

  24. Nov. 9: Nino Tempo & April Stevens “Deep Purple” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  25. Nov. 23: Dale & Grace “I'm Leaving It All Up to You” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  26. Nov. 30: The Singing Nun “Dominique” (BB: 4, CB: 5, HR: 4)

  27. Dec. 28: The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (CB: 2, HR: 1)
1964:

  1. Jan. 4: Bobby Vinton “There! I’ve Said It Again” (BB: 4, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  2. Jan. 18: The Murmaids “Popsicles and Icicles” (HR: 1)
  3. Jan. 25: The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (BB: 7, CB: 8, HR: 9)

  4. March 21: The Beatles “She Loves You” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1)

  5. April 4: The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 4)
  6. April 4: The Beatles “Twist and Shout” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  7. May 9: Louis Armstrong & the All Stars “Hello Dolly!” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 3)
  8. May 16: Mary Wells “My Guy” (BB: 2, CB: 1)
  9. May 23: The Beatles “Love Me Do” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  10. June 6: The Dixie Cups “Chapel of Love” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 4)
  11. June 27: Peter & Gordon “A World Without Love” (BB: 1, CB: 1)

  12. July 4: The Beach Boys “I Get Around” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  13. July 11: The Four Seasons “Rag Doll” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  14. July 25: The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  15. Aug. 15: Dean Martin “Everybody Loves Somebody” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  16. Aug. 22: The Supremes “Where Did Our Love Go” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)

  17. Sept. 5: The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 3)
  18. Sept. 26: The Newbeats “Bread and Butter” (HR: 1)
  19. Sept. 26: Roy Orbison “(Oh) Pretty Woman” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1)

  20. Oct. 10: Manfred Mann “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  21. Oct. 24: Frank J. Wilson & the Cavaliers “Last Kiss” (CB: 1, HR: 2)
  22. Oct. 31: Gale Garnett “We'll Sing in the Sunshine” (CB: 1)
  23. Oct. 31: The Supremes “Baby Love” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 4)

  24. Nov. 28: The Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  25. Dec. 5: Lorne Greene “Ringo” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  26. Dec. 5: The Zombies “She’s Not There” (CB: 1)
  27. Dec. 12: Bobby Vinton “Mr. Lonely” (BB: 1, HR: 2)
  28. Dec. 19: The Beatles “I Feel Fine” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2)
  29. Dec. 19: The Supremes “Come See About Me” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
1965:

  1. Jan. 23: Petula Clark “Downtown” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  2. Jan. 23: The Searchers “Love Potion No. 9” (HR: 1)

  3. Feb. 6: The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 3)
  4. Feb. 20: Gary Lewis & the Playboys “This Diamond Ring” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  5. March 6: The Beatles “Eight Days a Week” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 3)
  6. March 6: The Temptations “My Girl” (BB: 1)
  7. March 27: The Supremes “Stop! In the Name of Love” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  8. April 3: Herman’s Hermits “Can't You Hear My Heartbeat” (CB: 1)
  9. April 10: Freddie & the Dreamers “I’m Telling You Now” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  10. April 24: Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders “Game of Love” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  11. May 1: Herman’s Hermits “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 3)
  12. May 22: The Beatles “Ticket to Ride” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  13. May 29: The Beach Boys “Help Me Rhonda” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  14. June 5: The Supremes “Back in My Arms Again” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  15. June 12: Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs “Wolly Bully” (HR: 1)
  16. June 19: The Four Tops “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  17. June 26: The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  18. July 3: The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3)
  19. July 24: Herman’s Hermits “I’m Henry VIII, I Am” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 3)

  20. Aug. 14: Sonny & Cher “I Got You Babe” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 4)
  21. Aug. 28: The Beatles “Help!” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1)

  22. Sept. 18: Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (CB: 1)
  23. Sept. 18: Barry McGuire “Eve of Destruction” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  24. Oct. 2: The McCoys “Hang on Sloopy” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  25. Oct. 9: “Yesterday” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 2)
  26. Oct. 23: The Toys “A Lover’s Concerto” (CB: 1, HR: 2)

  27. Nov. 6: The Rolling Stones “Get Off of My Cloud” (BB: 2, CB: 2)
  28. Nov. 13: The Supremes “I Hear a Symphony” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 3)
  29. Nov. 27: Len Barry “1-2-3” (CB: 1)

  30. Dec. 4: The Byrds “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  31. Dec. 4: The Four Seasons “Let’s Hang On” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  32. Dec. 18: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass “A Taste of Honey” (CB: 1)
  33. Dec. 25: Dave Clark Five “Over and Over” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
1966:

  1. Jan. 1: The Beatles “We Can Work It Out” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 2)
  2. Jan. 1: James Brown & the Famous Flames “I Got You (I Feel Good)” (HR: 1)
  3. Jan. 1: Simon & Garfunkel “The Sound of Silence” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  4. Feb. 5: The Beach Boys “Barbara Ann” (CB: 1, HR: 2)
  5. Feb. 5: Petula Clark “My Love” (BB: 2, HR: 1)
  6. Feb. 12: Lou Christie “Lightnin’ Strikes” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  7. Feb. 26: Nancy Sinatra “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  8. March 5: SSgt Barry Sadler “The Ballad of the Green Berets” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  9. April 2: The Beatles “Nowhere Man” (HR: 2)
  10. April 2: The Rolling Stones “19th Nervous Breakdown” (CB: 1)
  11. April 9: The Righteous Brothers “You’re My Soul and Inspiration” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  12. April 9: The Lovin’ Spoonful “Daydream” (CB: 1)
  13. April 30: The Young Rascals “Good Lovin’” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  14. May 7: The Mamas & the Papas “Monday Monday” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2)
  15. May 28: Percy Sledge “When a Man Loves a Woman” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)

  16. June 4: The Mindbenders “A Groovy Kind of Love” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  17. June 11: The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  18. June 18: Frank Sinatra “Strangers in the Night” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  19. June 25: The Beatles Paperback Writer” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1)

  20. July 9: Tommy James & the Shondells “Hanky Panky” (BB: 2, CB; 2, HR: 2)
  21. July 23: The Troggs “Wild Thing” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  22. July 30: Napoleon XIV “They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Ha!” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  23. Aug. 6: Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs “Lil' Red Riding Hood” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  24. Aug. 13: The Lovin’ Spoonful “Summer in the City” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  25. Aug. 27: Bobby Hebb “Sunny” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  26. Sept. 3: Donovan “Sunshine Superman” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  27. Sept. 10: The Beatles “Yellow Submarine” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  28. Sept. 10: The Supremes “You Can’t Hurry Love” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  29. Sept. 17: The Happenings “See You in September” (HR: 1)
  30. Sept. 24: The Association “Cherish” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  31. Oct. 15: The Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (BB: 2, CB: 1)
  32. Oct. 22: & the Mysterians “96 Tears” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  33. Oct. 29: The Monkees “Last Train to Clarksville” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2)

  34. Nov. 12: Johnny Rivers “Poor Side of Town” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  35. Nov. 19: The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  36. Nov. 19: The Supremes “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  37. Nov. 26: The New Vaudeville “Winchester Cathedral” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1)

  38. Dec. 17: Donovan “Mellow Yellow” (HR: 2)
  39. Dec. 24: The Monkees “I’m a Believer” (BB: 7, CB: 8, HR: 5)
  40. Dec. 31: Frank Sinatra “That’s Life” (HR: 2)
1967:

  1. Jan. 7: The Royal Guardsmen “Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron” (HR: 1)

  2. Feb. 11: The Seekers “Georgy Girl” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  3. Feb. 18: The Buckinghams “Kind of a Drag” (BB: 2, HR: 1)
  4. Feb. 25: The Beatles “Ruby Tuesday” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1)

  5. March 4: The Supremes “Love Is Here and Now We’re Gone” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  6. March 18: The Beatles “Penny Lane” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  7. March 25: The Turtles “Happy Together” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2)

  8. April 15: The Monkees “A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You” (CB: 2, HR: 1)
  9. April 15: Frank Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra “Somethin’ Stupid” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 3)

  10. May 13: The Supremes “The Happening” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  11. May 20: The Young Rascals “Groovin’” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  12. June 3: Aretha Franklin “Respect” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  13. June 3: The Happenings “I Got Rhythm” (CB: 1)
  14. June 24: The Turtles “She'd Rather Be with Me” (HR: 1)

  15. July 1: The Association “Windy” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 2)
  16. July 15: The Music Explosion “Little Bit O’ Soul” (HR: 1)
  17. July 15: Frankie Valli “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (CB: 2, HR: 2)
  18. July 29: The Doors “Light My Fire” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  19. Aug. 12: The Beatles “All You Need Is Love” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  20. Aug. 26: Bobbie Gentry “Ode to Billie Joe” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 4)

  21. Sept. 23: The Box Tops “The Letter” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 4)

  22. Oct. 14: The Association “Never My Love” (CB: 1)
  23. Oct. 21: Lulu “To Sir with Love” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  24. Nov. 11: Sam & Dave “Soul Man” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  25. Nov. 18: Strawberry Alarm Clock “Incense and Peppermints” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  26. Nov. 25: The Cowsills “The Rain, the Park, and Other Things” (CB: 1)

  27. Dec. 2: The Monkees “Daydream Believer” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3)
  28. Dec. 23: The Beatles “Hello Goodbye” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 4)
1968:

  1. Jan. 13: Gladys Knight & the Pips “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (CB: 1)
  2. Jan. 20: Aretha Franklin “Chain of Fools” (CB: 1)
  3. Jan. 20: John Fred & His Playboys “Judy in Disguise with Glasses” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  4. Feb. 3: The American Breed “Bend Me, Shape Me” (HR: 1)
  5. Feb. 3: The Lemon Pipers “Green Tambourine” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  6. Feb. 10: Paul Mauriat “Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)” (BB: 5, CB: 7, HR: 3)

  7. March 9: Dionne Warwick “Theme from ‘Valley of the Dolls’” (HR: 2)
  8. March 16: Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (BB: 4)
  9. March 23: 1910 Fruitgum Co. “Simon Says” (HR: 1)
  10. March 30: The Monkees “Valleri” (CB: 2, HR: 2)

  11. April 13: Bobby Goldsboro “Honey” (BB: 5, CB: 4, HR: 5)
  12. April 13: Gary Puckett & the Union Gap “Young Girl” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  13. May 18: Archie Bell & the Drells “Tighten Up” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  14. May 25: Simon & Garfunkel “Mrs. Robinson” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  15. June 22: Herb Alpert “This Guy’s in Love with You” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 4)

  16. July 20: Hugh Masekela “Grazing in the Grass” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 3)
  17. July 20: The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (CB: 1)

  18. Aug. 3: The Doors “Hello, I Love You” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  19. Aug. 3: Gary Puckett & the Union Gap “Lady Willpower” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  20. Aug. 10: Mason Williams “Classical Gas” (CB: 1)
  21. Aug. 17: The Rascals “People Got to Be Free” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  22. Sept. 7: Jeannie C. Riley “Harper Valley P.T.A.” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 3)
  23. Sept. 21: The Beatles “Hey Jude” (BB: 9, CB: 7, HR: 4)

  24. Oct. 26: Mary Hopkin “Those Were the Days” (CB: 2, HR: 4)

  25. Nov. 23: The Supremes “Love Child” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 4)

  26. Dec. 14: Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (BB: 7, CB: 5, HR: 1)
  27. Dec. 14: Stevie Wonder “For Once in My Life” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
1969:

  1. Jan. 4: The Supremes & the Temptations “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” (CB: 1, HR: 3)
  2. Jan. 25: Young Holt Unlimited “Soulful Strut (Am I the Same Girl)” (HR: 1)

  3. Feb. 1: Tommy James & the Shondells “Crimson and Clover” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  4. Feb. 8: The Doors “Touch Me” (CB: 1)
  5. Feb. 15: Sly & the Family Stone “Everyday People” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  6. Feb. 22: The Foundations “Build Me Up Buttercup” (CB: 2, HR: 2)

  7. March 8: The Turtles “You Showed Me” (HR: 1)
  8. March 15: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary” (HR: 1)
  9. March 15: Tommy Roe “Dizzy” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  10. March 29: The Zombies “Time of the Season” (CB: 1)

  11. April 5: The Fifth Dimension “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” (BB: 6, CB: 5, HR: 4)

  12. May 3: The Cowsills “Hair” (CB: 2, HR: 3)
  13. May 24: The Beatles with Billy Preston “Get Back” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 4)

  14. June 21: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Bad Moon Rising” (HR: 1)
  15. June 28: Henry Mancini “Love Theme from ‘Romeo and Juliet’” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  16. June 28: Elvis Presley “In the Ghetto” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  17. July 12: Three Dog Night “One” (HR: 1)
  18. July 12: Zager & Evans “In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)” (BB: 6, CB: 4, HR: 4)

  19. Aug. 9: Tommy James & the Shondells “Crystal Blue Persuasion” (HR: 1)
  20. Aug. 16: The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  21. Sept. 6: Johnny Cash “A Boy Named Sue (live)” (HR: 1)
  22. Sept. 13: The Archies “Sugar, Sugar” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  23. Oct. 4: Three Dog Night “Easy to Be Hard” (HR: 2)
  24. Oct. 11: Bobby Sherman “Little Woman” (CB: 1)
  25. Oct. 18: Oliver “Jean” (HR: 1)
  26. Oct. 18: Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  27. Oct. 18: The Temptations “I Can’t Get Next to You” (BB: 2)

  28. Nov. 1: The Fifth Dimension “The Wedding Bell Blues” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1)
  29. Nov. 8: “Something” (BB: 1: CB: 2, HR: 2)
  30. Nov. 22: The Beatles “Come Together” (BB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  31. Dec. 6: Steam “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” (BB: 2, HR: 1)
  32. Dec. 13: Blood, Sweat & Tears “And When I Die” (CB: 1)
  33. Dec. 20: Peter, Paul & Mary “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  34. Dec. 27: The Supremes “Someday We’ll Be Together” (BB: 1, CB: 2)

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First posted 3/31/2022; last updated 4/1/2022.

 
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